Tuesday, November 25, 2014

The Boston Red Sox who just a
couple years ago proclaimed that the other teams such as their archrivals who
spend big can keep doing that but they do business differently now.Well look how quickly things change, they
finished in last place for the second time in three years.The year in between the two last place
finishes did produce a world championship.They went out and signed Hanley Ramirez who was their property to begin with
at the beginning of his career and they also signed Pablo Sandoval.They spend approximately 190 million on two
guys.Ramirez it appears will be moving
to left field where he has never played before other then the winter
leagues.Sandoval is coming off a world
championship with the San Francisco Giants and will be the third baseman.

There is reason to be happy if you
are part of Red Sox Nation but I would also be cautious.Ramirez is always hurt and he isn't known as
a great clubhouse guy either.Sandoval is
a very good player who becomes great in the postseason but they are paying him
to be great all the time.There is
always a concern with his weight and also his OPS has gone down in three
straight seasons.The Red Sox also need
pitching which they appear that they may be getting in free agency or a big
trade.They also have a logjam of
players right now.

The rumors are that they are
talking to the Phillies about Cole Hamels and they are also talking to Jon Lester
about a reunion although to me that seems less likely.They really need two starters at the moment
as they have Clay Bucholz, Joe Kelly and a bunch of unknown quantities.The last time the Red Sox did this it didn't
work and they tore it apart by trading guys to the Los Angeles Dodgers.Will this time be different, will it bring
short term results but long term problems?Will the New York Yankees react or are they going to act like the Red
Sox were pledging to act just a couple of years ago.There are a lot of questions right now but we
will see how this all plays out the rest of the winter into spring training and
then the regular season.The Red Sox are
very active right now and people like action just remember though world
championships aren't won on paper or in the off-season, they are won from
April-October.

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I am a 31 year old male who is married with a baby girl on the way. I love sports and if you see by my blog under my links I am a huge sports fan. Baseball and the Yankees are my favorite. I am a season ticket holder for the Yankees. I live in wayne,NJ.